2014 Jack Bruce – Rockpalast: The 50th Birthday Concerts
Rockpalast: The 50th Birthday Concerts is an album by Jack Bruce, who invited a lot of friends for a very special Rockpalast-concert to celebrate his 50th birthday! The list of attendees is a kind of “Who is Who” in Rock and Jazz: Ginger Baker and Simon Phillips on drums, Clem Clempson and Gary Moore on guitar, Dick Hecksatll-Smith and Art Themen on saxophone, Bernie Worrell and Gary Husband on keyboards, Maggie Reilly and Gary Cooper on vocals.
Tracks
1 White Room (Jack Bruce; Pete Brown) 07:01
2 Drum Solo 02:28
3 NSU (Jack Bruce) 06:41
4 Sitting On The Top Of The World (Chester Burnett) 04:39
5 Politician (Jack Bruce; Pete Brown) 08:22
6 Blues You Can’t Loose (Jack Bruce; Pete Brown; Eric Clapton) 13:38
7 Willpower (Jack Bruce; Pete Brown) 08:54
8 Boston Ball Game 1967 (Jack Bruce; Pete Brown) 04:05
9 Rope Ladder To The Moon (Jack Bruce; Pete Brown) 02:51
10 FM (Jack Bruce) 03:02
11 Childsong (Jack Bruce; Pete Brown) 06:05
12 As You Said (Jack Bruce; Pete Brown) 04:00
13 Improvisation On Minuet No.1 (Johann Sebastian Bach) 03:44
Biography
Musicians
1 White Room
| Bass | Jack Bruce |
| Drums | Ginger Baker |
| Guitar | Gary Moore |
| Vocals | Jack Bruce |
2 Drum Solo
| Drums | Simon Phillips |
3 NSU
| Bass | Jack Bruce |
| Drums | Ginger Baker |
| Guitar | Gary Moore |
| Vocals | Gary Cooper |
| Vocals | Jack Bruce |
4 Sitting On The Top Of The World
| Bass | Jack Bruce |
| Drums | Ginger Baker |
| Guitar | Clem Clempson |
| Vocals | Jack Bruce |
5 Politician
| Bass | Jack Bruce |
| Drums | Ginger Baker |
| Guitar | Clem Clempson |
| Hammond Organ | Bernie Worrell |
| Vocals | Pete Brown |
| Vocals | Jack Bruce |
6 Blues You Can’t Loose
| Bass | Jack Bruce |
| Bass | Francois Garny |
| Drums | Ginger Baker |
| Drums | Simon Phillips |
| Guitar | Clem Clempson |
| Acoustic Guitar | Malcolm Bruce |
| Hammond Organ | Bernie Worrell |
| Piano | Gary Husband |
| Synthesizer | Jonas Bruce |
| Sax | Art Themen |
| Sax | Dick Heckstall-Smith |
| Trombone | John Mumford |
| Trumpet | Henry Lowther |
| Percussion | Pete Brown |
| Vocals | Gary Cooper |
| Vocals | Jack Bruce |
7 Willpower
| Bass | Jack Bruce |
| Drums | Simon Phillips |
| Guitar | Clem Clempson |
| Sax | Dick Heckstall-Smith |
| Sax | Art Themen |
| Trombone | John Mumford |
| Trumpet | Henry Lowther |
| Vocals | Gary Cooper |
| Vocals | Maggie Reilly |
| Vocals | Jack Bruce |
8 Boston Ball Game 1967
| Bass | Jack Bruce |
| Drums | Simon Phillips |
| Guitar | Clem Clempson |
| Sax | Dick Heckstall-Smith |
| Sax | Art Themen |
| Trombone | John Mumford |
| Trumpet | Henry Lowther |
| Vocals | Gary Cooper |
| Vocals | Jack Bruce |
9 Rope Ladder To The Moon
| Bass | Francois Garny |
| Drums | Simon Phillips |
| Acoustic Guitar | Jack Bruce |
| Cello | Jessica Stolzenberg |
| Cello | Sebastian Hoffmann |
| Vocals | Jack Bruce |
10 FM
| Piano | Jack Bruce |
11 Childsong
| Keyboards | Gary Husband |
| Piano | Jack Bruce |
| Vocals | Jack Bruce |
12 As You Said
| Acoustic Guitar | Jack Bruce |
| Cello | Jessica Stolzenberg |
| Cello | Sebastian Hoffmann |
| Vocals | Jack Bruce |
13 Improvisation On Minuet No.1
| Cello | Jack Bruce |
Liner Notes
Engineer – Ernst Hoeller
Engineer (Audio) – Norbert Gutzmann, Guenther Hornig
Engineer (Assistant) – Denis Brochhausen
Mixed By – Walter Quintus, Jack Bruce
Artwork – Helmut Havelka
Photography – Ralph Weber
Phonographic Copyright MIG-Music GmbH
Copyright MIG-Music GmbH